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US Army Photog: Military Propagandist? Embeded? or just a GI Blogger?

category international | arts and media | other press author Saturday May 07, 2005 18:57author by redjade Report this post to the editors

or does a photograph convey truth regardless? but which truth? and in who's favour?

'World War III will be a guerrilla information war, with no division between military and civilian participation.'
-- Marshall McLuhan
Michael Yon, GI PhotoBlogger in Iraq
Michael Yon, GI PhotoBlogger in Iraq

Sat, May 07, 05
Letter to the Irish Times:
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/letters/2005/0507/index.html#1113002080082

Madam, - The photograph of the US officer holding a wounded Iraqi child is certainly emotionally provocative. While I am not suggesting that the picture is a fake, or that the child was neither wounded nor subsequently died, I am curious about the rationale behind publishing such a poignant image, given its source and the associated propaganda value.

The US army is cited as an associated source for the picture taken by former special forces soldier Michael Yon, who now describes himself as an author and who is currently "embedded" with the US Army Stryker Brigade in Iraq.

Even a fleeting glance at Mr Yon's blog website would demonstrate its propaganda value for the US army. - Yours, etc,

GEORGE SWEENEY, Derry City.

-- -- --

→ Photo syndicated by Associated Press: http://tinyurl.com/dw8fc

From a Mil Blog for the Stryker Brigade (not official .mil site)
''CORRECTION: We originally attributed the photo to the US Army. The photo was in fact taken by Michael Yon.''
http://www.strykernews.com/archives/2005/05/03/terrorist_attack_kills_two_iraqi_children_injures_15.html

FOX News interviews David Yon about the photo:
http://www.dvidshub.net/vids/0505/DOD_I05050501.wmv

The photo becomes positive Iraq news in the US
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=732523

Michael Yon's own Blog:
http://michaelyon.blogspot.com

Michael Yon writes about the photo....
http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/2005/05/little-girl.html

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Madam Should Publish Some of these at link W. captions     eeekkkk    Sat May 07, 2005 20:06 
   'Freedom' Institute fails to notice that Michael Yon is a Soldier     redjade    Sun May 08, 2005 13:53 
   correction     redjade    Sun May 08, 2005 15:06 
   Showing the truth is not propaganda.     Oxen    Wed May 11, 2005 13:10 
   re: Oxen     redjade    Wed May 11, 2005 14:52 
   We don't know why - why don't YOU tell us?     toneore    Thu May 12, 2005 03:09 
   my own view, strictly my own view     sinead    Thu May 12, 2005 03:27 
   a trend to watch     redjade    Thu May 12, 2005 16:10 


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